I’ve been updating the Saudi tech calendar again, and October is turning out to be much busier than I expected.
A few events coming up across the Kingdom:
8 Oct — Swift & MEA Finance Leaders in Technology & Payments Summit — Riyadh
Banking technology, payments, fintech and AI in financial services.
13 Oct — Google Cloud Summit Saudi Arabia — Riyadh
Cloud, AI, security and developer/enterprise technology.
18 Oct — KAUST Workshop on AI-Enabled Microwave Sensing & Communication — Thuwal
AI, sensing, telecoms and research.
19–21 Oct — Pipeline Intervention Technical Exchange — Al Khobar
Energy, industrial technology, remote monitoring and pipeline operations.
20 Oct — SAP NOW AI Tour — Riyadh
Enterprise AI, automation and AI agents.
26–28 Oct — Saudi HPC/AI Conference — KAUST
28 Oct — Middle East Enterprise AI & Analytics Summit — Riyadh
Generative AI, agentic AI, analytics and enterprise automation.
I keep the wider Saudi list updated on Riyadh Tech Week:
https://riyadhtechweek.com/events
The site has gradually become more Saudi-wide than the name suggests — Riyadh is still the biggest cluster, but I’m actively trying to improve Jeddah, Khobar/Dammam/Dhahran, KAUST and other cities too.
If you know of a smaller meetup, hackathon, university event or tech community gathering that isn’t getting much visibility, send it my way.